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  • jim

    Seeking a special component.....

    I'd like to build my own drag and drop web page editor. Are there any
    components out there that already handle CSS, PHP, XHTML and Javascript
    validation?

    And, are there any components that would make the drag and drop canvas any
    easier to code?

    Thx!


  • clintonG

    #2
    Re: Seeking a special component.....

    Look at AJAX yet?

    "jim" <jim@home.netwr ote in message
    news:aty8k.1439 9$s77.7005@bign ews3.bellsouth. net...
    I'd like to build my own drag and drop web page editor. Are there any
    components out there that already handle CSS, PHP, XHTML and Javascript
    validation?
    >
    And, are there any components that would make the drag and drop canvas any
    easier to code?
    >
    Thx!
    >

    Comment

    • jim

      #3
      Re: Seeking a special component.....

      Are you referring to the web technology or the nitobi AJAX GUI collection?

      In either case, they are not applicable for my application. I would like
      for this to be a desktop application.

      Thank you for your reply.

      "clintonG" <nobody@nowhere .comwrote in message
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      Look at AJAX yet?
      >
      "jim" <jim@home.netwr ote in message
      news:aty8k.1439 9$s77.7005@bign ews3.bellsouth. net...
      >I'd like to build my own drag and drop web page editor. Are there any
      >components out there that already handle CSS, PHP, XHTML and Javascript
      >validation?
      >>
      >And, are there any components that would make the drag and drop canvas
      >any easier to code?
      >>
      >Thx!
      >>
      >

      Comment

      • rob^_^

        #4
        Re: Seeking a special component.....

        Hi Jim,

        Its called the WebBrowser control. Have a look at the Classname of your HTML
        canvass in VS using Spy++.

        Regards.
        "jim" <jim@home.netwr ote in message
        news:aty8k.1439 9$s77.7005@bign ews3.bellsouth. net...
        I'd like to build my own drag and drop web page editor. Are there any
        components out there that already handle CSS, PHP, XHTML and Javascript
        validation?
        >
        And, are there any components that would make the drag and drop canvas any
        easier to code?
        >
        Thx!
        >

        Comment

        • rob^_^

          #5
          Re: Seeking a special component.....

          Hi Jim,



          Regards.
          "jim" <jim@home.netwr ote in message
          news:aty8k.1439 9$s77.7005@bign ews3.bellsouth. net...
          I'd like to build my own drag and drop web page editor. Are there any
          components out there that already handle CSS, PHP, XHTML and Javascript
          validation?
          >
          And, are there any components that would make the drag and drop canvas any
          easier to code?
          >
          Thx!
          >

          Comment

          • jim

            #6
            Re: Seeking a special component.....

            OK....maybe I didn't explain this properly.

            Ever seen Dreamweaver? I want to code my own basic version of Dreamweaver.

            That entails CSS, PHP, XHTML and Javascript validation and even
            auto-complete (which I did fail to mention in my op as a need - sorry).

            An example of using the IE or Mozilla activeX control to code a web page
            building application would be great - if anyone has seen such a beast in the
            wild.

            The reason for the application is to give back to a cms community and make
            the building of UIs for the cms community easier by having a tool designed
            specifically for integration with the cms.

            This tool is not to be construed as a competitor to Dreamweaver or any other
            web editor. It is to be a single purpose tool to design front ends for a
            specific cms. Where you now need several tools and a lot of hand coding to
            get the front ends right for this cms, I'd like to make more of a drag and
            drop tool that at least makes the core building of the cms/php scripts
            needed to interface with the cms' back end a simple drag and drop operation.

            This should make customizing the cms' visual styles much much easier than it
            currently is - especially for beginners.

            The biggest thing will be the ability to drag, drop, resize and change the
            attributes of divs that have specific names assigned to them that the cms
            expects to see. It's like using div building blocks to drag and drop a
            visual front end for the cms.

            It seems like a pretty simple concept. But, I also need to be able to allow
            the end user to do a little hand coding if they wish, which requires some
            way to validate and auto-complete CSS, XHTML, PHP and JAVASCRIPT on-the-fly.
            This is the biggest part of the puzzle (to me anyway) because hand-writing a
            component to validate and auto-complete even one of these web technologies
            would be a HUGE undertaking (taking vast amounts of time and research).

            Thanks for your replies.




            "rob^_^" <iecustomizer@h otmail.comwrote in message
            news:%23irpHbz1 IHA.5832@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
            Hi Jim,
            >
            Its called the WebBrowser control. Have a look at the Classname of your
            HTML canvass in VS using Spy++.
            >
            Regards.
            "jim" <jim@home.netwr ote in message
            news:aty8k.1439 9$s77.7005@bign ews3.bellsouth. net...
            >I'd like to build my own drag and drop web page editor. Are there any
            >components out there that already handle CSS, PHP, XHTML and Javascript
            >validation?
            >>
            >And, are there any components that would make the drag and drop canvas
            >any easier to code?
            >>
            >Thx!
            >>
            >
            >

            Comment

            • Patrice

              #7
              Re: Seeking a special component.....

              Depending on your needs, you could also consider using IDE extensibility.

              For example http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx/bb933751.aspx (Visual Studio
              Shell, it has a stand alone mode allowing to run a custom version of VS side
              by side). Or Eclipse is based on plug-ins AFAIK...



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              Patrice

              "jim" <jim@home.net a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
              eJ29k.11657$AJ6 .2127@bignews8. bellsouth.net.. .
              OK....maybe I didn't explain this properly.
              >
              Ever seen Dreamweaver? I want to code my own basic version of
              Dreamweaver.
              >
              That entails CSS, PHP, XHTML and Javascript validation and even
              auto-complete (which I did fail to mention in my op as a need - sorry).
              >
              An example of using the IE or Mozilla activeX control to code a web page
              building application would be great - if anyone has seen such a beast in
              the wild.
              >
              The reason for the application is to give back to a cms community and make
              the building of UIs for the cms community easier by having a tool designed
              specifically for integration with the cms.
              >
              This tool is not to be construed as a competitor to Dreamweaver or any
              other web editor. It is to be a single purpose tool to design front ends
              for a specific cms. Where you now need several tools and a lot of hand
              coding to get the front ends right for this cms, I'd like to make more of
              a drag and drop tool that at least makes the core building of the cms/php
              scripts needed to interface with the cms' back end a simple drag and drop
              operation.
              >
              This should make customizing the cms' visual styles much much easier than
              it currently is - especially for beginners.
              >
              The biggest thing will be the ability to drag, drop, resize and change the
              attributes of divs that have specific names assigned to them that the cms
              expects to see. It's like using div building blocks to drag and drop a
              visual front end for the cms.
              >
              It seems like a pretty simple concept. But, I also need to be able to
              allow the end user to do a little hand coding if they wish, which requires
              some way to validate and auto-complete CSS, XHTML, PHP and JAVASCRIPT
              on-the-fly. This is the biggest part of the puzzle (to me anyway) because
              hand-writing a component to validate and auto-complete even one of these
              web technologies would be a HUGE undertaking (taking vast amounts of time
              and research).
              >
              Thanks for your replies.
              >
              >
              >
              >
              "rob^_^" <iecustomizer@h otmail.comwrote in message
              news:%23irpHbz1 IHA.5832@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
              >Hi Jim,
              >>
              >Its called the WebBrowser control. Have a look at the Classname of your
              >HTML canvass in VS using Spy++.
              >>
              >Regards.
              >"jim" <jim@home.netwr ote in message
              >news:aty8k.143 99$s77.7005@big news3.bellsouth .net...
              >>I'd like to build my own drag and drop web page editor. Are there any
              >>components out there that already handle CSS, PHP, XHTML and Javascript
              >>validation?
              >>>
              >>And, are there any components that would make the drag and drop canvas
              >>any easier to code?
              >>>
              >>Thx!
              >>>
              >>
              >>
              >
              >

              Comment

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